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We have an antique overhead toilet cistern which is a wooden box lined with lead. Arrived home yesterday to find a leak in one corner. We've emptied the cistern and have noticed that the lead in that corner is a lot paler than the rest. Does this mean it is becoming porous/coroded? Any...

We hope to get a dog soon and need to dogproof the garden so that it can't escape onto the road. The only place now that needs doing is below the gates. The gates are the full width of the drive and are remote controlled but there is a gap below them of about 8 inches which I'm sure a...

Just bought a new brass shower head, and realised that both the new head and the existing shower water pipe (shower arm?) have female connectors. I'm not sure if each of the ends is the same size (the shower pipe may be slightly narrower). Is there anything available to buy that would join...

I thought I'd ask on here for advice to see if my idea could become a reality, or whether I should just go out and buy a ready made one instead! I'm wanting to make an outdoor corner seating area in our sunken patio. I've seen these wicker style modular sofas that are all the fashion at...

Whats the best thing to use to seal internal brick walls? We're turning our garage into a (part time) games room so need to spruce it up a bit. Ideally looking for something that dries clear so we can still see the bricks - we won't be painting over it. Also, would the same thing work...

We've just had the downpipe replaced on our overhead toilet flush as the old brass one was starting to tarnish. Since the new one was fitted, when we now pull the chain, first of all the lever (attached to the chain) makes a hard knock (as if connecting with something metal on metal) which it...

During the hot weather last year (remember it?) 8) , our waterbutt stand sank into the tarmac and basically cut into it (a bit lke a giant pastry cutter!). We've moved the waterbutt now and have it on a slab to spread the weight however we're left with a patch of tarmac that has a nice...

I'm wanting to build a sliding door/wall that covers a length of racking in the garage (mainly because it looks untidy all the time!). The racking is 4.2m long, and 2.2 m high. I thought I'd build a frame infront of it first - from floor to ceiling, then place running tracks onto this...

We have responsibilty for an unadopted lane running alongside our house, which we have to drive along to access our garage. The lane is made up of compacted hardcore/gravel, and some patches of old tarmac. Due to the amount of rain this year, the surface of the lane has become loose in some...

We've decided this is the year to finally get cracking on sorting our garage! It's an attached garage, with a double width electric roll-up door, and the garage then widens out towards the back. The doorway to the house is on the left hand wall. We'd like to keep it to use as a garage (ie...

We're about to start doing our garage out into a games room/utility room. It's a double garage, and on one side is an inspection pit, about 8x2 ft, and 6ft deep. It's currently covered up with lengths of 2x2" and 3x3" wooden slats. Has anyone any ideas what we can use to cover the pit -...